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\n\tThis year\u2019s best new artist class took to the stage for Spotify<\/a>\u2018s annual Best New Artist Grammy party on Thursday night, giving one of Grammy Week\u2019s most distinct parties a triumphant 2026 return after the show was canceled last year following the devastating Eaton and Palisades wildfires. <\/p>\n \n\tAll eight BNA acts showed out this year, with Leon Thomas<\/a>, Lola Young<\/a>, The Marias, Alex Warren, KATSEYE<\/a>, Sombr, Addison Rae<\/a> and Olivia Dean all getting around three or four songs, playing before an intimate crowd of about 1,500 industry executives, artists and other creators. <\/p>\n \n\tAmong those spotted Thursday were Yungblud, Lewis Capaldi, Pusha T and 2025 best new artist nominees Benson Boone and Shaboozey. Also in attendance Thursday was KJ Apa in his Mr. Fantasy alter ego, who got a shoutout from Alex Warren during Warren\u2019s set.<\/p>\n \n\tThomas, the lone BNA nominee with other nominations in the general categories this year as his breakout album Mutt <\/em>is up for album of the year, kicked off the show just past 8 p.m., ending a three-song set with his album\u2019s eponymous hit.<\/p>\n \n\tLola Young<\/a> took the stage next for a more intimate performance, joined only by a piano player and acoustic guitarist, with six floor lamps in the background on stage. Thursday marked the budding star\u2019s first public performance since she collapsed on stage last September <\/a>at All Things Go in New York, something she acknowledged during the performance. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019m back and feeling better,\u201d she told the crowd. While most of the acts played their biggest hits for the crowd, Young decided not to play \u201cMessy\u201d on Thursday, instead finishing a four-song set with \u201cPost Sex Clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWhereas 2024\u2019s show featured several collaborations \u2014 Jelly Roll brought out Lainey Wilson and Noah Kahan played with Gracie Abrams \u2014 this year\u2019s class kept the stages for themselves. <\/p>\n \n\tThe Marias and Alex Warren, both signed to Atlantic Records, followed Young, with Warren showcasing his song of the summer contender \u201cOrdinary,\u201d while the Maria Zardoya-fronted dream pop band played \u201cNo One Noticed.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tKATSEYE ran through \u201cGabriela,\u201d \u201cM.I.A.\u201d and Gnarly, showing off vintage girl group flare with perfectly in-synch choreography. <\/p>\n \n\tSombr \u2014 who joked that he couldn\u2019t get into the party last year \u2014 earned the superlative for most raucous set Thursday, with his set about twice as loud as the rest of his peers as he played several hits including his I Barely Know Her <\/em>streaming monsters \u201c12 to 12\u201d and \u201cBack to Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAddison Rae was the penultimate act, taking the stage all in white and dressing down to just a bra and skirt as she played \u201cFame is a Gun\u201d and \u201cDiet Pepsi.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s cold up here, we\u2019ve got fans, but I\u2019m still going to take this off anyway,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n \n\tOlivia Dean, who\u2019s currently enjoying the biggest hot streak of the class with a fast-selling arena tour on the way finished off the night, showing off viral hits \u201cSo Easy to Fall in Love\u201d and \u201cMan I Need,\u201d sending the crowd home for an action-packed Grammy weekend ahead. <\/p>\n \n\tWith Spotify in the rearview, there\u2019s still several marquee Grammy parties ahead, including the annual MusiCares Person of the Year Gala on Friday, which will honor Mariah Carey, as well as the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hollywoodreporter.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year\u2019s best new artist class took to the stage for Spotify\u2018s annual Best New Artist Grammy party on Thursday night, giving one of Grammy Week\u2019s most distinct parties a triumphant 2026 return after the show was canceled last year following the devastating Eaton and Palisades wildfires. 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